Messages in this thread | | | From | "D. Hazelton" <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) | Date | Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:10:01 -0500 |
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On Saturday 18 February 2006 08:47, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Joerg Schilling wrote: > >Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> wrote: > >>Hello! > >> > >>>The main problem is that there is no grant that a new model will survive > >>>a time frame that makes sense to implement support. > >> > >>I bet that it would take less time to implement this support than what > >>you spend here by arguing and trying to prove you are the only sane > >>person in the world. Unsuccessfully, of course. > > > >If memory serves me correctly, the current model is the 3rd incompatible > > one offerend within less than 5 years. > > With that I agree. Not only does the interface change, the details > within a given interface must change.
At this point I seem to have stumbled across a document that has what Joerg might be looking for Linux to introduce. It's available at t10.org and is a translation layer specification for OS's to use if they want to access ATA devices like SCSI ones.
Seems to me this wouldn't be a good or bad thing to add to the kernel. The problem is that introducing the layer and thereby unifying the SCSI and ATA busses into one namespace is a big task. I know I couldn't manage it, and don't think there are any people willing to take it on.
Introducing it would provide a standard interface, however.
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